Michael Buche

Sandia National Laboratories

Career

Senior Member of the Technical Staff

Sandia National Laboratories

2022-Current

Postdoctoral Appointee

Sandia National Laboratories

2021-2022

Education

PhD - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Cornell University

2021

MS - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Cornell University

2020

BS - Mechanical Engineering

University of Notre Dame

2017

Papers

Modeling single-molecule stretching experiments using statistical thermodynamics

Michael R. Buche, Jessica M. Rimsza

Under Review (2023)

A statistical mechanical model for crack growth

Michael R. Buche, Scott J. Grutzik

Under Review (2023)

Freely jointed chain models with extensible links

Michael R. Buche, Meredith N. Silberstein, Scott J. Grutzik

Physical Review E 106, 024502 (2022)

Chain breaking in the statistical mechanical constitutive theory of polymer networks

Michael R. Buche, Meredith N. Silberstein

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 156, 104593 (2021)

Force-mediated molecule release from double network hydrogels

Pavithra B. Jayathilaka, Thomas G. Molley, Yuwan Huang, Md Shariful Islam, Michael R. Buche, Meredith N. Silberstein, Jamie J. Kruzic, Kristopher A. Kilian

Chemical Communications 57 (68), 8484-8487 (2021)

Statistical mechanical constitutive theory of polymer networks: The inextricable links between distribution, behavior, and ensemble

Michael R. Buche, Meredith N. Silberstein

Physical Review E 102, 012501 (2020)

Bridging experiments and theory: Isolating the effects of metal–ligand interactions on viscoelasticity of reversible polymer networks

Xinyue Zhang, Vuval Vidavsky, Sinai Aharonovich, Steven J. Yang, Michael R. Buche, Charles E. Diesendruck, Meredith N. Silberstein

Soft Matter 16 (37), 8591-8601 (2020)

Tuning the mechanical properties of metallopolymers via ligand interactions: A combined experimental and theoretical study

Vuval Vidavsky, Michael R. Buche, Zachary M. Sparrow, Xinyue Zhang, Steven J. Yang, Robert A. DiStasio Jr., Meredith N. Silberstein

Macromolecules 53 (6), 2021-2030 (2020)

Presentations

Developing a composite wedge localization element

Michael R. Buche, Michael G. Veilleux, John M. Emery, Ellen B. Wagman, Alejandro A. Mota, James W. Foulk III

17th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (2023)

An asymptotic approach for the statistical thermodynamics of certain model systems

Michael R. Buche, Scott J. Grutzik, Meredith N. Silberstein

March Meeting of the American Physical Society (2023)

Genetic programming for interpretable, data-driven continuum damage models

Michael R. Buche, Anthony M. Su, Harshita Narang, John M. Emery, Jacob D. Holchhalter, Geoffrey F. Bomarito, Coleman Alleman

10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (2022)

Defending fundamental theories for the mechanics of polymer chains and networks

Michael R. Buche

Cornell University, Dissertation Defense (2021)

Proposing fundamental theories for the mechanics of polymer chains and networks

Michael R. Buche

Cornell University, Admission to Candidacy (2020)

Statistical mechanics and related constitutive theory for polymer networks

Michael R. Buche

Cornell University, Mechanics Student Seminar (2020)

Investigating organometallic crosslinked polymers with density functional theory

Michael R. Buche, Zachary M. Sparrow, Vuval Vidavsky, Robert A. DiStasio Jr., Meredith N. Silberstein

56th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (2019)

A quantum chemistry simulation strategy for dynamic network polymers

Michael R. Buche, Zachary M. Sparrow, Vuval Vidavsky, Robert A. DiStasio Jr., Meredith N. Silberstein

Multiscale Mechanochemistry and Mechanobiology (2019)

Quantum chemistry simulations for dynamic network polymers

Michael R. Buche, Zachary M. Sparrow, Vuval Vidavsky, Robert A. DiStasio Jr., Meredith N. Silberstein

March Meeting of the American Physical Society (2019)

Reports

Stress intensity thresholds for development of reliable brittle materials

Jessica M. Rimsza, Kevin T. Strong Jr., Michael R. Buche, Reese E. Jones, Craig Y. Nakakura, Noah Weyrauch, Richard Brow, Jessica M. Duree, Kelly S. Stephens, Scott J. Grutzik

Sandia National Laboratories 12758 (2022)

Fundamental theories for the mechanics of polymer chains and networks

Michael R. Buche

Cornell University, Dissertation (2021)